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Disney Infinity: Action and Toy Box companion apps coming to iOS and Android

By Steve Watts, Aug 14, 2013 8:00am PDT

Disney Infinity is getting a pair of companion apps. Action! is a movie-maker app that will hit tomorrow, and Toy Box will interface directly with the full game when it comes in a few weeks.

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That Dragon, Cancer an Ouya exclusive

By Steve Watts, Aug 13, 2013 11:30am PDT

That Dragon, Cancer, an indie game that chronicles a child's battle with terminal cancer, has received an investment from Ouya to make a full exclusive release.

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"Movies, music, and books are someone else. There's distance there. VG is about you. "

- Xulu see all 40 comments

Rumor: Amazon Android game console in the works

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 09, 2013 8:00am PDT

Amazon may be looking to jump into the increasingly competitive Android console market, joining Ouya, Shield, and Mojo.

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Nvidia claims Shield sales are 'great,' planning to 'ramp production'

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 09, 2013 7:00am PDT

Shield, Nvidia's Android-based portable gaming console, has been a success. Well, according to Nvidia, at least.

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"I'm going to just refer to then as "Hand Blaster 3D", now. ...better come with some cleaning ..."

- NickDelios see all 83 comments

PlayStation All-Stars Island for iOS and Android launches in Europe

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 08, 2013 10:00am PDT

PlayStation All-Stars Island is quite the head-scratcher. Exclusive to iOS and Android, the free-to-play app has nothing to do with last year's PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale.

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Nvidia Shield OS goes open-source

By Ozzie Mejia, Aug 07, 2013 1:00pm PDT

Nvidia's Shield already offers the ability to play Android games and stream games from your PC, but Nvidia's also adding the ability to hack right into your device.

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"No, it's got an ARM processor in it and Windows requires x86. Except Windows RT, but that's not ..."

- Schnapple see all 10 comments

Battlescreen for Battlefield 4 exclusive to next-gen and PCs

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 05, 2013 12:00pm PDT

At E3, one of the big features DICE showed off was second-screen functionality through "Battlescreen." That feature won't be coming to PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of BF4, however.

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"Thats one of the coolest implementations of QR codes I've ever heard of in a game. Very simple ..."

- sweetnutz see all 2 comments

Shadowrun Returns Berlin DLC aims for October

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 05, 2013 6:00am PDT

Shadowrun Returns may be out for PC and Mac (I completed it over the weekend: I liked the bit where I got a rad roboarm), but oh, there's still so much to do. Developer HareBrained Schemes dropped a dev update on Friday, with news on the Linux, iOS and Android versions, as w...

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"Not gonna buy the dlc, I think I would have been better off downloading an emulator and playing ..."

- Blondesolid see all 21 comments

Usain Bolt added to Temple Run 2

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 01, 2013 6:50am PDT

Mobile games are no stranger to unnecessary celebrity collaborations, and weird brand tie-ups. But adding Usain Bolt into Temple Run just makes so much sense.

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Facebook launches Mobile Games Publishing program

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 30, 2013 8:30am PDT

Yet another heavyweight is throwing its hat in the mobile games publishing ring. Facebook's "Mobile Games Publishing" initiative is exactly what it sounds like.

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Ouya CEO predicts some devs to make more than $1 million by end of 2013

By Steve Watts, Jul 26, 2013 1:00pm PDT

Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman says game sales are "better than we expected" and predicts that by the end of the year, a few developers will have made a million dollars.

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"I think her predictions are a little optimistic. Even their must succesful game, Towerfall, ..."

- Stimpak Chopra see all 10 comments

Neil Gaiman's first video game: Wayward Manor

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 25, 2013 11:30am PDT

Neil Gaiman is partnering with The Odd Gentlemen and Moonshark for his first jump into video games. Wayward Manor is coming this fall to PC, Mac, and tablets.

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"I misread that title as Wayne Manor and was quite confused for a second."

- Conan see all 9 comments

Tabletop/video game hybrid Golem Arcana is next for Shadowrun Returns studio

By Steve Watts, Jul 25, 2013 8:15am PDT

HareBrained Schemes has debuted its next project, a hybrid tabletop/video game that uses real pieces with a mobile device for score-keeping. It will start crowd-funding in August.

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"There's something unique about having physical play pieces that can't be expressed via an ..."

- citizenswift see all 13 comments

Mad Catz plans Android console: 'Mojo'

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 24, 2013 4:00pm PDT

Mad Catz is also getting in on the Android microconsole business, vying for the same audience that Ouya is currently targeting.

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"WOAH WOAH WOAH! Your telling me Mad Catz makes products that will last more than 6 months? What ..."

- DandySlayer see all 13 comments

X-Men: Battle of the Atom card-battler coming to mobile this fall

By Steve Watts, Jul 24, 2013 1:00pm PDT

GREE has announced X-Men: Battle of the Atom, a mobile card-battling game that ties into the upcoming comic storyline. It's due this fall for iOS and Android devices.

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"Mohawk Storm and bearded Magneto are the dealbreaker here for me. Want them so bad."

- Burgerturtle see all 2 comments